Jammu: General Officer Commanding (GOC), White Knight Corps, Lt Gen Paramjit Singh stated here Saturday that the Army would not allow revival of terrorism in Jammu region including the mountainous Kishtwar district which witnessed killing of four persons including two senior leaders of BJP and RSS since November last year.
Singh also informed that said the leadership of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) outfit was eliminated in Kashmir valley post India’s preemptive air strike February 26 on a JeM terror camp in Balakot in response to the February 14 Pulwama terror attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed.
“The incidents which had happened in Kishtwar in the recent past are a matter of concern. The enemy always try to revive terrorism in the areas where it was wiped out but we are ready for the challenge and I want to assure the people if the intention is to revive terrorism, we will not allow it to happen,” Singh said while interacting with journalists in Rajouri district.
The communally sensitive Kishtwar district, which was declared terrorism-free over a decade ago, was rattled by the killing of BJP state secretary Anil Parihar and his brother Ajeet Parihar, November 1 last year. It was followed by assassination of senior RSS leader Chanderkant Sharma and his security guard inside a health centre, Tuesday.
“The Army has not left this area because the enemy can attempt again to revive terrorism but as long as we stand united, the Pakistan cannot succeed in its nefarious design,” asserted Singh.
The officer said the intelligence agencies, police and army have worked out a strategy to deal with the arising situation. “Some people were already rounded up (in connection with the latest killings) and the operation is going on there (Kishtwar) at the moment,” Singh informed.
